M62 Leeds traffic: Live updates as roadworks close motorway lanes between Bradford and Brighouse

This live traffic map from the AA shows the queues easing, no longer reaching the Leeds area. Two lane closures have caused traffic chaos on the M62 westbound this afternoon.

The closures are due to planned roadworks.

The AA reports that between Leeds and Hartshead Moor Services, the average speed is just five miles per hour.

It says: "Severe delays of 34 minutes and delays increasing."

National Highways has made a correction, after previously reporting that the lanes had opened on the M62 westbound. The two lanes, of four, are actually still shut.

There are long delays backing up to Leeds and the M621, with slow-moving traffic all afternoon. The delays are due to planned roadworks.

Responding to a user on X, formerly Twitter, National Highways confirmed the lane closures are due to remain until "later this afternoon".

There are now very severe delays on the M62 westbound due to lane closures between Bradford and Brighouse.

Slow-moving traffic has backed up for four miles, to the M621 and further east to Morley.

The AA reports: "Severe delays of 21 minutes and delays increasing on M62 Westbound between J27 M621 (Gildersome) and M62 (Hartshead Moor Services). Average speed ten mph."

J27, M621 - Leeds

J26, M606 - Bradford

The AA reports: "M62: Severe delays of 15 minutes and delays increasing on M62 Westbound between J27 M621 (Gildersome) and M62 (Hartshead Moor Services). Average speed ten mph."

Two lanes are closed on the westbound carriageway between Bradford and Brighouse, causing three miles of slow-moving traffic backing up to Birstall and the M621 for Leeds.